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A bookstore had 42 copies of a magazine. Yesterday it sold 5/7 of them. How many copies were sold yesterday?

A bookstore had 42 copies of a magazine. Yesterday it sold 5/7 of them. How many copies were sold yesterday?
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A bookstore had 42 copies of a magazine. Yesterday it sold 5/7 of them. How many copies were sold yesterday?

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42÷7=6
6×5=30 They sold 30 copies of magazine.

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User Andrei Taranchenko
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42×5/7=30. As a result, there are 30 copies were sold yesterday. Hope it help!
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